Articulated skeletal toy



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patented uly 2, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL W. CHERRY, OF CARMEL, CALIFORNIA.

ARTICULATED SKELETAL TOY.

I Application filed July 19, 1928. Serial No. 294,000.

The present invention relates to an articulated skeletal toy, and has for its chief object the provision of a device of this kind that w1ll afford considerable amusement to young and old alike, and that is capable of easy manipulation in such manner as to cause the figure to perform various acrobatic feats and assume an infinite number of grotesque and fantastic postures. 7

Another object is to provide a frame to support, and means for making the toy perform.

, Another and a very important object is to provide a to of this kind with the general similitude o a loose-jointed human skeleton capable of cutting all sorts of capers without becoming entangled.

Another object is to provide a toy of this kind that is well balanced and that may be made to perform either backwards or forwards at will.

Another object is to provide a toy that lends itself to factory duplicationfor quantity production by either wire bending or stamping processes at low cost.

With the above and other objects in View that will appear as the description unfolds the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will hereinafter be fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of toy embodying the features of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of toy taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. v Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the figure raised almost to full height.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the head member. Fig. 5 shows two views of the arm members. Fig. 6 shows thigh and shank members. Fig. 7 shows shoulder members. Fig. 8 shows plan views of differently formed foot members.

Fig. 9 shows an edge view of a foot member. Fig. 10 shows a head member made of a fiat stamping inserted in a body as Fig. 12.

Fig. 11 is a fiat stamping showing the development of the socket part of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 shows an elevation of Fig. 11 after being formed.

Fig. 13 shows a section taken on the line 11 of Fig. 10, and

Figs. 14 and 15 show a plan and sectional View, respectively, of a foot member.

Similar reference characters denote like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the numeral 1 denotes the base, which is preferably square and serves to support the two gallows-posts 2 and 2 which may be rigidly attachedthereto by screws or in any other suitable manner.

At the same level and adjacent their upper ends said posts are provided with the bearingperforations 3 and 3 respectively, said per-,

forations being in true axial relation to each other and adapted to form suitable bearings for the revoluble horizontal-bar 4 mounted therein, said bar having the toy figure depending therefrom and being provided with the crank 5 and the eye 6 for accommodation of the member 7 which engages therewith, said member being provided with a pin portion 7* passing through the eye 6 and having the boss 8 formed on its outer end so as to hold the member 7 in true relation to the crank eye 6 while under actuation by the rope means 9 securedto the eye 10. The toy proper, inits preferred wire construction, comprises, the twin arm-pieces Fig. 5, composed of the eyes 11, upper-arm 12, fore-arm l8, elbow 14:, pin 15, and the bosses 16 all in the order named.

Now, the body, designated as a whole by the numeral 100, is formed in the present construction by soldering or otherwise uniting the vertical portions 25 of Fig. 7' to the neck stem 19*, well shown in Fig. 1, in which the parts 19-19 suggests shoulders the parts 20, 21, 22, and 23 suggest respectively, pelvic, thigh, shank and feet members all linked loosely together at the various points of articulation.

When the toy proper is assembled, either with the head and body comprised as abovementioned of wire, or as shown in Figs. 10,

11, 12 and 13 of flat metal stock suitably shaped and bent, said toy is mounted in the gallows-frame 2 and 2 by threading the bar 4 (now with its distal end straight) through the perforation 3, through the eyes 4 and p on through the perforation 3, whereupon said distal end is turned to a right angle so asto form the bend 24: which looks said shaft sesoldered or otherwise rigidly secured in place to the bar 14; so that any rotation of said bar in either direction will tend to disturb the component members of the toy.

By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 it is seen that the feet of the toy are suspended by their points of gravity center within heel-and-toe tapping distance of the base 1.

The Figs. 10 to 15 illustrate a different embodiment of my invention wherein, the head F ig. 10 is composed of flat stock that may be painted or embossed to represent a human being. The body member can be stamped as shown in Fig. 11 and then formed as shown in Fi 12. 1

is shown in Fig. 10 the neck 26 slips into the socket 27.

. While operating the toy the base 1 is held in one hand while the rope or cord means 9 is pulled up and down by catching hold of the triangular tab-piece 28.

By having the crank 5 disposed upwardly the slightest movement of the toy out of the vertical relation to the frame 2 2 in either direction will throw said crank in the opposite direction sufii'cient to move it off deadcentre, by which means the toy can be made to tion and advantages of the invention will now be clearly understood. The present embodiments of the invention have been disclosed in detail merely by way of example, since in actual practice they-attain the features of advantage set forth as being desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

Numerous changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to with out departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new'is As an article of manufacture, a skeletal acrobatic toy comprising a separate fanciful head portion outlined in wire and a neck portion projecting downwardly to form a stem, side wires bent to form shoulder-joints, a ver tical portion to build a body and an oblique extension representing hip-bones each terminating in a loop for the articulated loose attachment thereto of the leg-bone, and a jacket portion representative ofa body, said jacket composed of sheet metal so formed as to bind said side wires together firmly in position so as to leave a central socket for the insertion of the said neck stem. 7

In witness whereof I have set my hand this 5 day of July, 1928.

CARL WV. CHERRY. 

